Bringing Maize and Grain from Fields to Homes Attracts Rodent Carrying Plague-Carrying Fleas (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Barbara

Bringing Maize and Grain from Fields to Homes Attracts Rodent Carrying Plague-Carrying Fleas

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Bringing maize and grain from fields to homes attracts rodent carrying plague-carrying fleas, which creates an ideal situation for disease transmission to humans.

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Douglas McCauley

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